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Columbia University in top 10 universities in the world for issued US patents in 2016

Columbia University in top 10 universities in the world for issued US patents in 2016

June 06, 2017

TAMPA, Fla., June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2016 has been announced by The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Data is obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to compile the report which highlights the vital role patents play in university research and innovation.

The report, which has been published each year since 2013 by the NAI and IPO, collects the rankings by calculating the number of utility patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which list a university as the first assignee on the printed patent. The full report can be found at: www.academyofinventors.com/pdf/top-100-universities-2016.pdf.

The top 10 ranked universities worldwide in 2016 include: The University of California System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University (China), Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Johns Hopkins University, The University of Texas System, University of Michigan, and Columbia University. "The patents our universities produce represent important processes, products and treatments which provide significant societal benefit as well as generate job creation that sustains and helps grow our local, regional and global economy," said Paul R. Sanberg, president of the NAI. "It is an honor to recognize the top patent holders through this report in collaboration with IPO for the fifth consecutive year."

"The Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents ranking continues to be an excellent tool in highlighting the outstanding work in patents being conducted in academia," said IPO Executive Director, Mark W. Lauroesch. "We are pleased to release this report alongside the NAI to bring a greater emphasis on the dynamic role universities play in patents, licensing and commercialization, while at the same time educating the next generation of inventors."

The IPO's Top 300 list of organizations that received the most U.S. utility patents during 2016 was also recently released for the 34thconsecutive time. The top 11 universities on the Top 100 Universities list also appear in the Top 300 Organizations list. The IPO's Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2016 report can be found at: http://www.ipo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016_Top-300-Patent-Owners.pdf